2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 Demographics

Demographics

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,832 575 12.9 11.7-14.1 4,257 87.1 85.9-88.3
Region 8 784 100 11.9 9.5-15.0 684 88.1 85.0-90.5
GENDER
Male 326 26 7.2 4.6-11.1 300 92.8 88.9-95.4
Female 458 74 16.6 12.7-21.5 384 83.4 78.5-87.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 451 51 9.7 7.1-13.3 400 90.3 86.7-92.9
Non-Hispanic Black 144 24 16.8 10.3-26.2 120 83.2 73.8-89.7
Other 182 24 16.1 9.8-25.5 158 83.9 74.5-90.2
AGE
18-44 219 24 8.8 5.7-13.5 195 91.2 86.5-94.3
45-64 240 28 12.6 8.2-19.0 212 87.4 81.0-91.8
65+ 305 46 17.0 11.9-23.7 259 83.0 76.3-88.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 296 54 16.8 12.2-22.5 242 83.2 77.5-87.8
Some Post-H.S. 213 28 10.3 6.6-15.7 185 89.7 84.3-93.4
College Graduate 273 18 5.7 3.2-10.0 255 94.3 90.0-96.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 324 57 17.2 12.7-22.8 267 82.8 77.2-87.3
$50,000+ 282 15 4.8 2.6- 8.7 267 95.2 91.3-97.4
Don't know/Not Sure 178 28 16.4 10.4-24.9 150 83.6 75.1-89.6

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2021 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

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